I just found out that when I told my son (years ago) that windmills made the wind (they only work when it's windy!), he believed me up until now.
A childhood belief about physics
others believed things like this
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that windmills were what caused the wind to blow. silly me :)— Adrian Z. Ontario, CA USA
- When I was young I believed that the windmills found in farmers fields were used to keep the cows cool.— Linda
- I used to believe wind came from trees. And when it was really windy, the trees were really mad.— Tiffany
- One of my friends told me that when he was a kid he thought windmills were used to keep cows cool!— Julie
- I used to believe that the trees made it windy.— Dave
- I used to believe that trees made the wind, but its the wind that blew the trees!— victoria